Key purse



W. READ KEY PURSE Jan. 28, 1930.

Filed qt. 15. 192'? FIG. I.

FIG-2.

Patented Jan. 23, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM READ, OF WALSALL, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY JAMES LATI-IAM AND HERBERT GRANTHAM LATHAIM, TRADING AS THE LATHAM MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF WALSALL, ENGLAND, AND ONE-HALF TO FRANK WHITE,

OF WALSALL, ENGLAND KEY PURSE Application filed October 15, 1927, Serial No. 226,431, and in Great Britain April 4, 1927.

This invention relates to pocket devices for holding keys or the like, generally known as key purses, and the invention has for its obj ect to provide a reduction in the cost of manufacture of such devices.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a key purse wherein the individual keys can be quickly mounted and dismounted when required.

One of the features of the present invention is to provide in combination a cover of leather or other suitable material and to mount upon the inside of this cover a ring or loop or its equivalent which may be of metal and has two overlapping arms or aws, one or both of which is or are sutliciently flexible to allow the handles of the keys to be pushed between the arms or jaws and so engaged on the loop.

The ring or loop is preferably attached to the cover by a loop of wire or other device operating as a hinge, and in order to facilitate the hinging of the ring or loop, one side thereof may be straight while the other side thereof may be approximately semi-circular or semi-elliptical.

The loop may be formed of one or two blanks of sheet metal which are secured together at or near their straight edges where they are formed into an eye for receiving the hinge member and which, at their curved sides, overlap in the manner of the ends of the wire forming a. split ring.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View of a key purse constructed according to my invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device open.

Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a View of the blank from which the key supporting ring or loop is form-ed.

In the construction illustrated 1 represents a container or cover of leather or other suitable material, the cover having three panels, a central panel and two overlapping end panels or flaps, the two flap portions carrying the component parts of a press stud 2 for retain ing the container or cover in its closed condition.

Secured to the central panel of the cover 1 is a subsidiary panel 3 of leather or the like the panel 3 being secured thereto by stitching or other suitable means along three of its sides, the fourth side being open and form- .ing a pocket for the reception of a sheet or card bearing the name and address of the owner, the name and address being clearly visible through the opening 4 which is preferably provided with a celluloid or other transparent window.

The key supporting member is in the form of a loop 5 formed by a pair of overlapping arms or aws 7 one or both of which is or are sufliciently flexible to allow the handles of the keys to be pushed between the arms or jaws.

The loop has one of its sides straight and the other side of semi-circular or semi-elliptical form.

The loop is formed from a single blank 6 of sheet metal of the shape shown clearly in Figure 4 the blank being bent double about its centre so that the projecting arms or aws 7 lie one upon another in overlapping relationship, that portion of the blank situated at the point at which it is bent being formed into an eye 8 for engagement by an elongated wire loop 9 forming a hinge for connecting the split ring to the central panel of the cover or container.

The hinge 9 is conveniently secured to the central panel by means of the subsidiary panel 3 as shown clearly in Figures 2 and 3.

The extremity of the uppermost arm or jaw 7 of the loop is preferably bent upwardly slightly as at 10 to facilitate the at tachment of the keys upon the ring.

In order that the elongated wire hinge need not project beyond the ends of the split key supporting ring the blank is preferably cut away upon either side as at 11.

What I claim then is 1. A key purse comprising a cover, and a key supporting member having a. tubular portion, two oppositely disposed hook-like portions, one extending integrally from each of the edges of the tubular portion, said hooklike portions lying one upon the other, and together forming a key supporting loop.

2. A key purse comprising a cover, and a key supporting member having its central portion bent into tubular form, and having two edge portions extending radially from the tubular portions, each of said edge portions being of hook like form, and said hooklike portions lying one upon the other, and together forming a key supporting loop.

3. A key purse comprising a cover, a key supporting member having its central portion bent into tubular form, and having two edge portions extending radially from the tubular portions, said edge portions being longer than said tubular portion, each of said edge portions being of hook-like form, said hook-like portions lying one upon the other, and together forming a key supporting loop, and I. wire loop attached to the cover and engaging in said tubular portion.

4. A key parse comprising a cover, foldable into three panels, a subsidiary panel setuned to one of said cover panels, a key suprtlng member having its central portion Brut into tubular form, and having two edge rtions extending radially from the tubuportions, said edge portions being longer than said tubular portion, each of said edge portions being of hook-like form, said hooklike ortions lying one upon the other, and together forming a key supporting loop, and a Wire loop having one side engaging in said tubular portion and having its opposite side Secured to the cover by said subsidiary panel.

In witness whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM READ. 

